Chapter 6: Picking herbs and occasionally getting phoenix feathers

It was early summer, and the grass grew and the warbler flew. Pen ~ fun ~ Ge www.biquge.info men in the village fish, hunt and farm, women collect textiles, the small river at the entrance of the village flows quietly, guarding the quiet and beautiful village of Xiaosang Village.

Village Chief Luo was afraid that Ethereal Lingzi was unfamiliar with life, so he asked Xiao Yao and others to lead the way and help Ethereal Lingzi. Although Ethereal Lingzi first came to Xiaosang Village, he fell in love with several brothers and sisters in the village, and everyone quickly became acquainted. Ethereal Lingzi has been practicing on the mountain for a long time, and he feels new to the one under the mountain, and the monastic life in Ningcheng Mountain is really dull. Xiaosang Village is still very new and interesting for him for the time being, catching crickets for a while, and digging out birds' nests for a while. From time to time, the cheerful laughter of several teenagers could be heard by the river.

Xiao Yao asked Ethereal Lingzi, "Can the Dao Chief really cure the strange diseases in the village?" ”

Ethereal Lingzi replied proudly: "Of course, my master is the most powerful person in the world, and he can do a lot of spells?" ”

Xiao Wen smiled: "Then you must also be able to spell." ”

Ethereal Lingzi said embarrassedly: "I... I'll just take a little. ”

Xiao Wen covered his mouth and smiled: "Yes, yes, no, no, no, how can there be a little bit." ”

Ethereal Lingzi muttered and said, "Sister Xiaowen, don't make fun of me." Master said that as long as I practice hard, he will teach me his skills. ”

Xiao Yao said: "This disease is really strange, it can only be cured with condensed herbs." ”

Ethereal Lingzi said: "In my opinion, most of the Huang and Li families are in trouble with goblins. ”

Xiao Wen was timid, and when he heard that there was a goblin, the whole person was frightened: "Yes... What is a goblin? “

Ethereal Lingzi said: "I don't know about this, but my master will subdue demons and eliminate demons, and he is not afraid of any powerful goblin." ”

There were a few condensed herbs in a position far away from the river bank, Xiao Yao pulled up his trouser legs and stood in the river to pick, the river water was crystal clear, and the carp in the river swam past his feet, rubbing his calves and stomach. When Ethereal Lingzi saw it, he jumped and shouted excitedly: "There are fish, there are fish!" However, Xiao Yao, Xiao Wen and others have long been accustomed to this.

A few teenagers played and played, but they didn't dare to forget the explanation of Daoist Wuyangzi, and soon collected a lot of condensed herbs.

After everyone finished picking grass, they returned to the village.

Wu Yangzi looked at the herbs collected in everyone's hands, nodded and praised, "It's exactly this." Thank you for your hard work. ”

Suddenly, Wu Yangzi's expression became serious, and he said, "Ling'er, what are you holding in your hand?" Show it to the teacher. ”

I don't know when the ethereal spirit son had an extra bright red feather in his hand.

Ethereal Lingzi blushed and said, "When I was digging a bird's nest by the river, I found this feather, which is very beautiful, so I brought it." "Although Ethereal Lingzi was afraid that the master would punish him for being playful, he didn't dare to deceive the master. But Wuyoko's attention was only on this feather.

Wu Yangzi said: "It's really strange! This is the feather of the phoenix. The phoenix feather is a rare treasure, but it does not rot for thousands of years. There is a saying "rare" in the world, which shows the preciousness of phoenix feathers. ”

Luo Village Chief said: "Legend has it that there is a sacred bird on Phoenix Mountain, named Phoenix, which comes to the Central Plains once every twelve years. ”

Xiao Yao asked, "Village Chief, where is this Phoenix Mountain?" ”

Village Chief Luo said: "Where is Phoenix Mountain, I don't know this, but I have heard about it from the older generation." ”

Wuyangzi returned the phoenix feather to the ethereal lingzi, his mood was a little heavy, and there was a trace of the phoenix in this small mulberry village, and he didn't know whether it was good or bad.

Wu Yangzi said: "The pill on my side has been prepared. Ling'er, Xiao Yao, you will send the medicine to the Huang and Li families. Be sure to remember Huang Wife and Li's family, this condensed herb should be ground with pills and served with warm water decoction, twice a day, without interruption. ”

Xiao Yao and Ethereal Lingzi took the medicine and came to Huang's wife's house, Xiao Yao said: "The Taoist has already prepared the medicine for treating Brother Huang, and this medicine must be used with condensing herbs to be effective." Xiao Yao said some precautions for the use of medicine explained by the Taoist chief again.

Huang's wife was very happy to hear this, and said: "I didn't expect such a miraculous herb to grow by the river at the entrance of our village, great, I will decoct the medicine for my family officials." ”

Huang's wife just took the medicine and was about to enter the house, turned around and came back, and said: "Seeing that I was happy for a while, I forgot to thank my benefactor, this meager amount of money, and I hope that the little Taoist will not dislike it." After that, he took out two strings of copper coins and gave them to Xiao Yao and Ethereal Lingzi.

Ethereal Lingzi insisted on not accepting it and said, "We still have to send medicine to the Li family." With that, he left. Ethereal Lingzi saw that his family was not well-off, and secondly, the master did not explain that he wanted to collect money. Xiao Yao and Ethereal Lingzi came to Li Changgui's house to deliver the medicine after sending the medicine to Huang's wife, and Sister-in-law Li was very grateful for the medicine given by the Taoist, and said: "With the medicine given by the Taoist, our parents are saved now." ”

Sister-in-law Li then went back to the house and took out a pair of silver taels and a pair of cloth shoes that she had taken by herself, and said, "Thank you for making a special trip, these cloth shoes and a little silver taels will be counted as your reward." Ethereal Lingzi refused repeatedly, Sister-in-law Li insisted on giving, and Ethereal Lingzi had no choice but to accept the cloth shoes, but did not receive the money. Ethereal Lingzi thought, Master's shoes were worn out on his long journey, and it was time to change them.

When the two returned from delivering the medicine, Ethereal Lingzi brought the cloth shoes to the master and explained the reason.

Wuyangzi said: "Ling'er, our cultivators have been worshiped by the people of Ninghai a lot on weekdays, and it is not appropriate to receive more money and goods from the people, so as not to work the people and hurt the money." Thinking of your filial piety, this shoe was accepted by the teacher, and it is not an example. ”

Ethereal nodded yes.